Bargain-Hunting for Stocks and Other Investments Around the World

Be it ever so humbled, there's no place like home. So said more than one investment patriot at this year's ninth annual Art of Successful Investing conference, in reference to the allure of U.S. stocks. Sure, our politics are messy, our economy weak, and our market at all-time highs, but it still is possible to find U.S..-traded companies with good growth prospects, sound management, and cheap shares.

Then again, there is also no place like Europe, Japan, or one of Asia's new tourist meccas if it's zaftig investment...